Amazon Upgrade, the slightly less amazing stepsister of Amazon Pages, furnishes Web access to a book already purchased. A company statement offers a serving suggestion: A programmer buying a guide to Sun Microsystems’ (nasdaq: SUNW – news – people ) Java could then access the presumably massive tome from elsewhere–perhaps at a client site.”>Bezos’ Amazon.com To Sell Books By The Page – Forbes.com: “Amazon Pages will dole out the data in increments–by chapter, section or even a single page. Thus, one needn’t buy an entire book–although that option will exist, too–if all one desires is, say, a recipe or other chunk of how-to info. One wistfully imagines the racier excerpts of ‘art’ novels might be a draw, as well.
Amazon Upgrade, the slightly less amazing stepsister of Amazon Pages, furnishes Web access to a book already purchased. A company statement offers a serving suggestion: A programmer buying a guide to Sun Microsystems’ (nasdaq: SUNW – news – people ) Java could then access the presumably massive tome from elsewhere–perhaps at a client site.”
Whitney Otto is yet another poor author, taken in by the ideas that “tradional publishers” give us about authors work.
She writes for an Oregon paper.. scared that Google is going to steal her work.. this is one of the more silly paragraphs.
Expanding literacy is great, but how will Google protect writers’ intellectual property?: “The recommendations by Amazon and reader reviews are essentially meaningless because the potential buyer of a book doesn’t know anything about these online critics. For an opinion to have meaning, there must be a specific context. For one, you need to understand the critic’s criteria. A random opinion — like Google Print’s disembodied excerpts — is the equivalent of no opinion, and no help for readers, at all.”
Listen Whitney.. you need to learn that a book is a great ENTRE product. Build a database and communicate and sell them more information on the back end.. no need to “sell out” to do that!
WSJ.com – Google Checks Out Interest In Online Book ‘Rental’ Plan: “According to this publisher, the books wouldn’t be downloadable or printable. Those features may be worked out at a later time, he said. Although this publisher said that the proposed fee to end users — 10% of each book’s list price — is too low, he said it still may represent a significant opportunity for publishers to tap the budding digital-book market.
While the exact shape of any rental approach by Google doesn’t appear to be final, the current discussion with the publisher is a strong indication the Internet-search company plans to head in the digital book-renting direction. ‘Google Print is exploring new access models to help authors and publishers sell more books online, but we don’t have anything to announce,’ a Google spokesman said.”
I just finished reading UNHYPNOSIS.. by Dr. Steve Taubman.
One of the most thought provoking reads I’ve had in a while.
I’m a book reading nut.. this is my 5th this week. I always read the books I”m going to promote, and Dr. Steve did ask for my help on this.
Frankly, I wasn’t too excited.. in my head I heard “doen’t like hynosis” even though he told me that he’s a hynotist. Well, the book is not about hypnosis, but about self-examination and discovery. I think it’s a must read.. and I’m not even being paid to say that this time
Here’s my Amazon review.
With that word, UNHYPNOSIS in the title, I didn’t know what to expect.. there are people who say that hypnosis is evil and something to be scared of.Fortunately, I didn’t stop at the first word.
This is NOT a book about hypnosis.What I did see were many references, stories, and explanations that I’ve NEVER seen in other books or programs.
Dr. Taubman tells some of his own story.. especially good is the “I”m Dr. Steve from the USA story”.. but mostly sticks to a point by point explanation of how our mind/body/soul works. I’ve studied everything from self help to scripture, and found several new ways of explaining what I thought might be unexplainable.
Perhaps the best “how meditation works in three pages” I’ve ever seen. The WITNESS and SHARING section of one chapter made me put down the book and exclaim “Yes, that’s exactly how it works!”The book starts with a good warning that universal principals should never be in conflict with what you already know. There’s no “I’m the Guru, you were wrong” stuff here.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to live an examined life. (Is there any other way?) A good book for all.
I’m still looking for other reports.. but in the 2397 mailing lists that I subscribe to, just ONE mentioned this book.
And that was a link to a news report at WALL STREET JOURNAL.
The book is #1 on Amazon today and #3 at BN.com.. even though they show it as “not available yet”
If you know of anyone else touting the book (as I don’t frequent Investor stuff as much as I should) please let me know.
In the meantime, I’ve ordered a copy for myself.
Joel Greenbatt The Little Book That Beats th Market
Now that we have yet another BEST SELLER under our belts, it’s time to head to LA and meeting with the powerful promoter, Matt Bacak.
Are y0u getting his marketing tips ?
